Bag.



E. B. STIMPSON.

. BAG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, i913.

.Patented May 1l, 1915.

kso

EDWIN BALL STIMPSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 EDWIN B. STIMPSONCOMPANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW Y'ORK.

BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed August 28,1913. Serial No. 787,125.

or equivalents for the suspension of gar-` ments or the like.v

011e of the objects of this invention is to disclose a type of bagconstruction, and especially adjacent the mouth thereof, adapted torender a moth-proof closure thereof of greater efhciency than has' beenpossibley heretofore.

Another object of the' invention is to disclose means for arranging andsupplying hooks or equivalents adjacent the mouth of the bag, of animproved and exceedingly inexpensive nature.

Other, objects ofthe invention will "be in part obvious and in partpointed out hereinafter. i

V In the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of the var1ouspossible embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 is a view inperspective, partly broken away, and

showing a bagdisclosing a preferred form of mouth construction; Fig.v 21s an eleva.-

tion of one ofthe two supporting platesy which in the present inst ncecoperate to arrange said hooks or eql'lvalents adjacent the mouth of thebag; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the other of said plates; Fig. 4 is a.sectional view, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 and looking inthedirection 'ofthe adjacent arrows; Flg. 5 is a view taken on the line 5-5of Fig. 2 and on the line 5 -5 of Fig.

3, showing in section and in coupled 'relation the two platesrespectively shown in said Figs. 2 and 3; and Fig. 6 is anenlargeddetail view, showing in perspective 4certain of the parts shown 1n Fig.1 after said part'.-` have been partially manipulatedto close the mouthof the bag.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 6, the reference numeral 1indicates the body-portion of the bag, and it will be seen that in thepresent instance the walls'of this body portion, including the frontwall 2, the

rear wall 3, the side-wall collapsible sections` 4 and 4, the oppositeside-wall collapsible sections 5 and 5j, the flaps. 8, 9 and 9', andtheflaps 10 and 10, are formed in the main of a single sheet of materialwith overlapping terminal portions as shown at 6 in Fig.

'1. A reinforcingband 7 completely encircles the mouth of the bag, andlies just below the level of the above-mentioned fia-ps. This band,opposite the front wall 2 of the bag,.carries an integral strip 11, andwith the strip overlapped as shown in Fig. 1 a stilening rod of bambooor other material 12 is accommodated and held in place between the band7 and the strip. 11.

Still referring primarily to Fig. 1, it will be seen that thehook-carrying plate 13 .l

shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, is here interiorly carried by the bag l,adjacent the mouth thereof and preferably in such manner that therhooks14 are so arranged as to be capacitated-to lsuspend therefrom foraccommodation within the bag av plurality of garments o r the like. Theplate 14 is aliixed in place by means of the coperation of each of theprongs 16 `with a registering aperture or this plate-18 being herelocated eXteriorly of the bag 1 but in such a position that the prongs16, after piercing the bag-wall 3, may pass through theapertures 17 andbe clenched on the exteriorl face 15 of plate 18 as shown in Fig.` 5..It .should here be observed that in Fig.'5 a sectional view of thewall-3 of the bag-1 is not shown as engaged between the plates 13 and18," inasmuch'as the preferably flexible reinforcing plate 19 shown inFig. 1 may or may not be utilized; the arrow 2O in'Fig. 5, however,indicating the general interposedlocation of the sheet or sheets of bagorl other `material vllocated between the plates 13 and 18.

' 4 The plate 18 will be seen here to consti- -tion accommodates asdisclosed the free ends of a preferably unitary and preferably wire bail22, the bail being here medially bent upon itself as illustrated in Fig.2 to form 'slot 17 -formed-in the suspending vplate 18; j

the hook 23. It will thus be seen that the body of the bag, the innerplate 18, the hooks 14, the outer plate 18 and the hook 23 mutuallycoperate to stiffen' and strengthen the bag, and to afford convenientsuspending means for bot-h the bag and its contents as well asindependent-suspending means for said contents, such as .garments or thelike, interiorly of said bag; and all accomplished by the combination ofa very small number of easily assembled part-s, each :of which parts isexceedingly inexpensive of manufacture. In this connection, it should'be noted that each of the plates 13 and 18 is obviously capable ofbeing punched at-one operation out of sheet material or the like' toestablish not only the outlines but the beaded edge portion of the one'Iand not only the outlines but the apertures, prongs and hooks of theother. f

The method of closing the bag-mouth made possible by the provision ofthe flaps 8, 9, 9, 10 and 10 is avery simple and oblf.

vious operation, as will-be seenfrom Fig. l, which as aforesaid showsthe mouth of the bag open, and from Fig. 6, which as aforesaid shows themouth of the bag partially closed; it being merely necessary tounderstand that the flap 8 finally overlies the strip 11 of the band 7and the previously intucked flaps 9, 9, 10 and 10. The bag will thereupon be closed in an absolutely moth-proof 'of the invention hereindescribed and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described this invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: Y

1;, In combination with the 'wall of a bag, a suspension plate ons theoutside thereof, and a second plate on the inside thereof, the outsideplate having its upper edge turned over to form a bead, a suspensionhook having portions sprung into said turned-over portion of the outsideplate, the second plate having a row of integrally formed hooksprojecting forwardly into the bag, one of the plates having a pluralityof rows of integrally formed prongs extending through the back wall andthe other plate having a corresponding plurality of rows of apertures tobe entered by the prongs.

2. In combination with the body walls and mouth of a bag, said bodywalls including side plications, a reinforcing strip about the mouth ofthe bag, a stiffening element at the front of the bag, the back wall andside plications of the bag being extended upwardly above the level ofsaid reinforcing strip and above said stiffening element, and asuspension plate connected to the back wall and extending transverselythereof below the upper level of said reinforcing strip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDVIN BALL STIMPSON Witnesses: p

A. F. HAnLow, A. M. HENRY.

